Your Backward Plan! (GT Connext)

The November/December 2012 issue of Gospel Today featured more insights and invaluable wisdom from Dr. Sam Chand on the topic of leaving a legacy.

Grab a copy of the issue today to see his list of questions you\’ll have to answer in your journey to leave a lasting legacy, as we are commanded by God.

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Then, take a look at the exercise below, from Dr. Chand\’s fourth book, Who Moved Your Ladderâ€”Your Next Bold Move. It\’s what he calls â€œMy Backward Plan,â€ a step-by-step process for identifying how you\’re going to arrive at your goals.

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The simple premise of backward planning is that we define our prime objective, or a big goal that will move us toward our prime objective and assign it a date. As Henry Kimsey-House said, â€œA goal without a date is a
dream.â€

Second, we need to figure out the next-to-last thing that needs to happen before our goal is met, and figure the time frame for that.

Then we ask, â€œWhat would need to happen before that? And before that?â€

By (date) _______ I will have achieved (Prime Objective) _______.

Just prior to that (date) ______ , I will need to have done _____________.

And before that can happen (date) ______, I will need to have accomplished (milestone)_________________.

To enable the next step on (date) ______, I will need to have (milestone) ____________ in place.

By (date) _____, I will have done (milestone) __________.

By (date) _____, I will have done (milestone) __________.

Today (or tomorrow) I will (milestone)_____________.

Dr. John C. Maxwell is quoted for saying: â€œPeople will summarize your life in one sentence. Pick it now. Pick it and live it.â€

So, figure this out, too–

THE SENTENCE I WANT SAID AT MY EULOGY (so people don\’t have to guess) IS:Â ____________.